Waste Connections has an immediate opening for a Welder to join the team in Elkhart, IN. The Welder is responsible for welding, fabrication, and repair work on containers, compactors, trucks, trailers, and other waste industry equipment. This position supports the maintenance team by ensuring equipment is repaired safely, efficiently, and to company quality standards. Waste Connections offers: Competitive compensation. Safety Bonuses – get rewarded for your safe habits! Yearly Boot Stipend and Company Uniforms provided.
Benefits
Plans – Flexible Spending Accounts & Health Savings Account options. Generous matching 401(K). Pay Rate: $21.00/hr + based on experience. Plus, approximately 10 or so hours of overtime weekly. (Overtime is time and a half after 40 hrs) Schedule: 5:00am start time averaging approximately 10 hours per day. Monday-Friday with occasional Saturdays.
Benefits
We offer excellent benefits including: medical, dental, vision, flexible spending account, long term & short-term disability, life insurance, 401(K), and more. Job
Duties
Perform welding and repair of trash containers, trash compactors, and trash trucks in our fleet. Inspect equipment to identify structural damage and repair needs. Measure, cut, fit, and weld metal components according to specifications. Maintain a clean, safe work area in compliance with Corporate and OSHA standards. Perform all work in accordance with established safety procedures, documenting parts usage, and accounting for repair times. Ability to effectively communicate needed repairs or tasks.
Requirements
Minimum 1 years of experience in Stick welding and 2 years experience in MIG welding. Fabrication experience is a must. Proven critical thinking skills. Valid Class B CDL with air brakes endorsement preferred. Waste Connections is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran status. Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets. Our goal is to create an environment where self-directed, empowered employees strive to consistently fulfill our constituent commitments and seek to create positive impacts through interactions with customers, communities, and fellow employees. OUR PEOPLE MEAN EVERYTHING TO US Waste Connections is always working to protect the health of the communities we serve, and we are grateful for the hard work and dedication that you bring to your job every day. Working here means you are a safety-minded individual who is making important contributions on a daily basis that will make a positive impact on those around you. We appreciate that you are a person of integrity who takes pride in the work you do. Our Opportunities BUILD TALENT FROM WITHIN People who want to gain valuable professional experience will find that Waste Connections is a fantastic place to work. You’ll enjoy the opportunity for beneficial training and professional development opportunities that can help enhance your skills and lead the way to a more promising future. LET’S REALIZE YOUR GOALS TOGETHER Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities are all around you. At Waste Connections, you’ll thrive if you are friendly, dedicated, and prefer a work hard/play hard culture that is focused on maintaining our reputation as the premier waste services company in the markets we serve. Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities and people are all around you. We operate a highly decentralized structure, so we look for energetic individuals who can demonstrate individual initiative and creativity and prefer a work hard/play hard team environment and culture. At Waste Connections, diversity and inclusion are essential to our success. We hire and empower great, capable people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lead with our values. For more than 20 years, we have maintained a culture of safety, integrity and service to build a great place to work. Our culture is built on taking care of each other and the communities we serve.